The numbers of the paragraphs quoted in this document refer to the DSGVO ("DatenSchutzGrundVerordnung") in Germany, in other European countries with identical EU laws, such as the RGPD ("Reglamento General de Protección de Datos") in Spain, the RGPD ("Règlement Général à la Protection des Données") in France or the GDPR ("General Data Protection Regulation") in the United Kingdom, these paragraphs may have different numbers. In continuation these specific laws for each country will be uniformly named as "Privacy Regulation".

This privacy policy clarifies the nature, scope and purpose of processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") within our online offer and and its associated websites, functions and content, as well as external online presences, for example our social media profiles (collectively referred to as the "online offer"). With regard to the terminology used, e.g. "Processing" or "Responsible" we refer to the definitions in Article 4 of the Privacy Regulation.

Translation

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Categories of affected people

Visitors and users of the online offer (hereinafter we also refer to the affected persons as "users").

Purpose of Processing

Terms Used

"Personal Information" is any information that identifies itself to an identified person or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "affected person"); a natural person is considered as identifiable, which can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by means of assignment to an identifier such as a name, to an identification number, to location data, to an online identifier (eg cookie) or to one or more special features, are the expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person.

"Processing" means any process performed with or without the aid of automated procedures or any such process associated with personal data. The term extends far and includes virtually every handling of data.

"Pseudonymisation" means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without additional information being provided, provided that such additional information is kept separate and subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data not assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

"Profiling" means any kind of automated processing of personal data which involves the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to job performance, economic situation, health, personal Analyze or predict preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or location of this natural person.

"Responsible person" means the natural or legal person, authority, body or other body that decides, alone or together with others, the purposes and means of processing personal data.

"Processor" means a natural or legal person, public authority, body or body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Relevant legal basis

In accordance with Art. 13 Privacy Regulation, we inform you about the legal basis of our data processing. Unless the legal basis in the data protection declaration is mentioned, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Article 6 (1) lit. a and Art. 7 Privacy Regulation, the legal basis for the processing for the performance of our services and the execution of contractual measures as well as the response to inquiries is Art. 6 (1) lit. b Privacy Regulation, the legal basis for processing in order to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 (1) lit. c Privacy Regulation, and the legal basis for processing in order to safeguard our legitimate interests is Article 6 (1) lit. f Privacy Regulation. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d Privacy Regulation as legal basis.

Security Measures

In accordance with Art. 32 Privacy Regulation, we take into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the type the scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing and the different likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons; appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection commensurate with the risk.

Measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as their access, input, disclosure, availability and separation. We have also set up procedures to ensure the enjoyment of data subject rights, data deletion and data vulnerability. Furthermore, we consider the protection of personal data already in the development, or selection of hardware, software and procedures, according to the principle of data protection through technology design and privacy-friendly default settings (Article 25 Privacy Regulation).

Collaboration with contract processors and third parties

If, in the course of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (contract processors or third parties) to them transmit or otherwise grant access to the data, this is only on the basis of a legal permission (eg, if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as to payment service providers, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b Privacy Regulation required to fulfill the contract), You have consented to a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests (eg the use of agents, web hosts, etc.).

Insofar as we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called "contract processing contract", this is done on the basis of Art. 28 Privacy Regulation.

Transfers to Third Countries

If we process data in a third country (ie outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this is done in the context of the use of third party services or disclosure, or transmission of data to third parties this only if it is to fulfill our (pre) contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or have the data processed in a third country only in the presence of the special conditions of Art. 44 et seq. Privacy Regulation. That the processing is e.g. on the basis of specific guarantees, such as the officially recognized level of data protection (eg for the USA through the Privacy Shield) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so - called "standard contractual clauses").

Rights of Data Subjects

You have the right to ask for confirmation as to whether such data is being processed and for information about such data and for further information and copying of the data accordingly Art. 15 Privacy Regulation.

You have accordingly. Art. 16 Privacy Regulation the right to demand the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of the incorrect data concerning you.

In accordance with Art. 17 Privacy Regulation, they have the right to demand that the relevant data be deleted without delay, or, alternatively, to require a restriction of the processing of the data in accordance with Art. 18 Privacy Regulation.

You have the right to demand that the data relating to you, which you have provided to us, be obtained in accordance with Art. 20 Privacy Regulation and request their transmission to other persons responsible.

You have gem. Art. 77 Privacy Regulation the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Right of Withdrawal

You have the right to give consent in accordance with Art. Revoke Article 7 (3) of the Privacy Regulation with effect for the future.

Right to object

You may, in accordance with the provisions of the Art. 21 Privacy Regulation contradict at any time. The objection may in particular be made against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Cookies und Widerspruchsrecht bei Direktwerbung

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Deletion of data

The data processed by us will be processed as specified Articles 17 and 18 Privacy Regulation are deleted or restricted in their processing. Unless explicitly stated in this privacy policy, the data stored by us are deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements. Unless the data is deleted because it is required for other and legitimate purposes, its processing will be restricted. That The data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example for data that must be kept for commercial or tax reasons.

Function for registration

Users can create a user account. As part of the registration, the required mandatory information is communicated to the users and based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO processed for purposes of providing the user account. The processed data include in particular the login information (name, password and an e-mail address). The data entered during registration will be used for the purpose of using the user account and its purpose.

Users may have access to information relevant to their user account, e.g. technical changes, be informed by e-mail. If users have terminated their user account, their data will be deleted with respect to the user account, subject to a statutory retention requirement. It is the responsibility of the users to secure their data upon termination before the end of the contract. We are entitled to irretrievably delete all user data stored during the contract period.

In the context of the use of our registration and registration functions as well as the use of the user account, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage is based on our legitimate interests, as well as the user's protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. A transfer of these data to third parties does not take place, unless it is necessary for the prosecution of our claims or there is a legal obligation in accordance with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c. DSGVO. The IP addresses will be anonymized or deleted after 7 days at the latest.

Contact

When contacting us (for example, by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media) the information of the user to process the contact request and its processing in accordance with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) Privacy Regulation processed. The user information can be stored in a Customer Relationship Management System ("CRM System") or comparable request organization.

We delete the requests, if they are no longer required. We check the necessity every two years; Furthermore, the legal archiving obligations apply.

Hosting and E-Mail-Dispatch

The hosting services we use are designed to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage and database services, e-mail delivery, security and technical services Maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online offer.

Collection of access data and log files

We, or our hosting provider, collects on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. Privacy Regulation Data on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data includes name of the retrieved web page, file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, message about successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider

Logfile information is stored for security purposes (for example, to investigate abusive or fraudulent activities) for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. Data whose further retention is required for evidence purposes is excluded from the deletion until the final clarification of the respective incident.

Integration of third-party services and content

Within our online offer we rely on our legitimate interests (ie interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer as defined in Art. 6 para. 1 lit., Privacy Regulation) content or service offers from third-party providers to their content and services, such as Include videos or fonts (collectively referred to as "content").

This always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content perceive the IP address of the users, since they could not send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the presentation of this content. We endeavor to use only content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for the delivery of the content. Third parties may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also referred to as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may include, but is not limited to, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring web pages, visit time, and other information regarding the use of our online offer.

Banners are displayed on our online offer. The banners are taken directly from the servers of the websites of the members
websites. This will send your IP address to the servers of the members' websites through your web browser's call, whenever a banner is displayed. This data is processed there on the server in the form of log files. Our member pages have their own privacy policies.

After incorporating the TOP100 logo on your website, when your website is visited, the IP address of the visitor of your website will be sent to our server whenever the visitor of your website has has activated Javascript in his browser. This is necessary so that the basic function of our website can be made available. We store the IP addresses of visitors to your website for 24 hours in our system. We do this so that the functionality of the service can be guaranteed. The IP address is used to filter out multiple visits by the visitor to your website for 24 hours.

The aforementioned data will be used exclusively for this purpose and will not be stored permanently. We also do not use cookies.